Tan Xinpei

{{Short description|Chinese Peking opera artist (1847-1917)}}

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| name =

| image = Tan Xinpei Dingjunshan 1905.jpg

| caption = Tan in a surviving still of Dingjun Mountain (1905)

| birthname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1847|04|23}}

| birth_place = Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei, China

| death_date = {{death date and age|1917|05|10|1847|04|23}}

| death_place = Beijing, China

| occupation = Peking opera artist, actor

| years_active = 1905

| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes

| t=譚鑫培

| s=谭鑫培

| p=Tán Xīnpéi

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{{family name hatnote|Tan|lang=Chinese}}

Tan Xinpei (23 April 1847 – 10 May 1917) was a Chinese Peking opera artist who specialized in sheng roles. A disciple of Cheng Changgeng, Tan Xinpei was undoubtedly the most important Peking opera performer of his generation. Some of his audio recordings have survived. He was also the only actor in China's earliest film Dingjun Mountain (1905).

More than 40 of his family members have, over seven generations, worked as Peking opera performers,{{sfn|Xu 2012|p=71}} including his grandson Tan Fuying.{{sfn|Mackerras 1997|p=8}}

{{Wide image|Тринадцать_великих_актёров_поздней_Цин.jpg|1200px|"Thirteen Masters of the Tongzhi and Guangxu Reigns" (同光十三絕), a late Qing dynasty painting by Shen Rongpu (沈容圃). Tan Xinpei is 2nd from right, dressed in the role of Huang Tianba.|dir=rtl}}